Favorite Fantasy Player in the 90s ?

[fatguylittlecoat 13]

No question, mine was Thurman "Thermal" Thomas... as ESPN's Chris Berman called him. The combo of rushing yards, receiving, TD's... he was money... close 2nd was Barry Sanders. We always did auction so the battle to get Barry and Thurman was fierce. One last memory, we were in Chicago one weekend in December, I was playing a guy who had Andre "Bad Moon" Rison and needless to say I was on the short end of that one, I think he had three TD's and over 180 yds on a Saturday afternoon game, good thing I had Rush street to numb the pain. Good times. Post yours, points for originality.

[Geddy11 4]

Marshall Faulk

[Geddy11 4]

Priest Holmes?? Or was that in 2000's??

[BunnysBastatrds 2,127]

Sanders was the suck in TD only leagues. Which accounted for more than half if them in the 90's. He didn't score many. He was a yardage RB.

 

Steve Young and Rice were a deadly combo.

[brotherbock 349]

Strong case could be made for Leroy Butler. (or do you just mean fantasy?)

[TUM301 10]

Herman Moore WR Lions, Emmitt Smiff, Joe Horn WR Chiefs and the "out of no where" guys Mitchell QB Lions/Miami M Brunnell and of course "NEVER BENCH" Steven Davis ! Added bonus, Fred Taylor...............

[NPNG 4]

I go back even further - the 80's. While I was in college I ran a fantasy league on my dorm floor after reading about one. I had Lynn Dickey of the Packers. That dude was awesome from a fantasy perspective.

[CornKobb 48]

1995 1st year to play

 

Qb Steve Young

Rb Edgar Bennett gbay

Rb Harvey Williams oak

Rb Ricky watters Phil

Wr Herman Moore det

Wr Robert Brooks gb

Wr Tim Brown oak

 

Best team I have ever had. Lost in Championship game due to Jerry Rice 16-289 4td game. Mon night football vs Vikings

 

He also had Warren Moon and Jake Reed. Gut punch

 

Terrell Davis was my favorite player of 90s won me a championship in 97

Randall Cunningham career year with Vikings was honorable mention 4 me. I took him w late draft pick and he just kept throwing those moon ball bombs to Moss.

[redsrback 30]

1995 1st year to play

 

Qb Steve Young

Rb Edgar Bennett gbay

Rb Harvey Williams oak

Rb Ricky watters Phil

Wr Herman Moore det

Wr Robert Brooks gb

Wr Tim Brown oak

 

Best team I have ever had. Lost in Championship game due to Jerry Rice 16-289 4td game. Mon night football vs Vikings

 

He also had Warren Moon and Jake Reed. Gut punch

 

Terrell Davis was my favorite player of 90s won me a championship in 97

Randall Cunningham career year with Vikings was honorable mention 4 me. I took him w late draft pick and he just kept throwing those moon ball bombs to Moss.

This reminds me the year Isaac Bruce, Jerry Rice, Carl Pickens, and Tim Brown were making amazing diving catches with lots of yards and TDs like they were competing.

[Beyond Chaos 75]

Mine was Barry, but I'll throw out a couple other names of note: Terrell Davis, Barry Foster, Drew Bledsoe, Ben Coates, Dan Marino.

[jgcrawfish 232]

Stephen Davis!

 

Christian Okeye

[Showboat 246]

No one has mentioned Emmitt yet? That guy was always money and always killed me.

[dcgangstas 41]

Jerry Rice.

 

The G.O.A.T.

 

And Marcus Allen.

[tanatastic 2,062]

Rice and Emmit are the correct answers.

[Kopy 534]

Not my favorite players, BUT. Back then I was on the RB stud theory side of things, and went RB, RB the first 2 rounds ritually. Now not on purpose, it just always ended up working out this way. I would have Curtis Martin and Corey Dillon year after year. That was just how the drafts would round out for me, and both guys always produced. Safe and solid.

[fatguylittlecoat 13]

1995 1st year to play

 

Qb Steve Young

Rb Edgar Bennett gbay

Rb Harvey Williams oak

Rb Ricky watters Phil

Wr Herman Moore det

Wr Robert Brooks gb

Wr Tim Brown oak

 

Best team I have ever had. Lost in Championship game due to Jerry Rice 16-289 4td game. Mon night football vs Vikings

 

He also had Warren Moon and Jake Reed. Gut punch

 

Terrell Davis was my favorite player of 90s won me a championship in 97

Randall Cunningham career year with Vikings was honorable mention 4 me. I took him w late draft pick and he just kept throwing those moon ball bombs to Moss.

I also had TD and Terrell Owens, I was playing in a league with a bunch of Jerry McGuire's so it was sweet victory to win their league !

[fatguylittlecoat 13]

Rice and Emmit are the correct answers.

I hated Emmitt Smith, I draft with emotion, not my wallet or brain.

[Crystal Meth Tweekers 26]

Curtis martin, Jerry Rice, T.O

[brotherbock 349]

Stephen Davis!

 

+1 for Davis. I remember being faked out one year on him in Washington, but he was solid for a long time, it seemed.

[TheGhostHasRisen99 1]

Joe Horn. He was money.

Chris Warren, although he cost me a playoff and championship trophy thanks to a -2 for getting dropped for a huge loss on a screen pass.

[brotherbock 349]

I'm surprised no one, myself included, has mentioned Marshall Faulk yet. I honestly don't think I've seen so many titles won by one player to date.

[jwiLx 2]

Although not my top Raider of all time, but one of my favorites to watch cut the turf, and wished he didnt have to end his career early was Napoleon Kaufman.

[brotherbock 349]

Although not my top Raider of all time, but one of my favorites to watch cut the turf, and wished he didnt have to end his career early was Napoleon Kaufman.

 

Oh man. Liked watching him play. He had guts.

[fatguylittlecoat 13]

Joe Horn. He was money.

Chris Warren, although he cost me a playoff and championship trophy thanks to a -2 for getting dropped for a huge loss on a screen pass.

Joe Horn snuffed out many competitors playoff hopes, I could never draft Chris Warren or Curtis Martin, consistent results were not my thing when I was in my 20's

[weepaws 3,006]

Jerry Rice without question .

[minuteofdecay 5]

No chris "all he does is catch touchdowns"carter? I didn't play ff till late 2000s tho

[prisoners 2]

Dorsey Levens: He won a title for me in 1999, capped by a 24/146/4TD stat line during week 17.

[Gratefulegg1973 261]

Jeff George

[Thornton Melon 594]

Rice and Emmit are the correct answers.

There's a correct answer? Umm....ok I guess.

[CornKobb 48]

I'm surprised no one, myself included, has mentioned Marshall Faulk yet. I honestly don't think I've seen so many titles won by one player to date.

Our league started in 1995. The Faulk owner won back to back years in late 90s. Never won since then.

 

Faulk was sooooo good. We w ppr too

[Magnificent Bastard 190]

Terrell Davis.

[fatguylittlecoat 13]

Mine was Barry, but I'll throw out a couple other names of note: Terrell Davis, Barry Foster, Drew Bledsoe, Ben Coates, Dan Marino.

Early 90's consisted of no internet, how great was it to open up the USA Today on Monday and do the math on your team, scribble up Barry and Marino's points was pure enjoyment.

 

 

[BunnysBastatrds 2,127]

Barry Sanders didn't score TD and NEVER won anybody a championship. Please stop saying he was a great FF player. You look stupid when you do.

[KC Deuce 1]

Barry Sanders didn't score TD and NEVER won anybody a championship. Please stop saying he was a great FF player. You look stupid when you do.

 

Regarding Barry Sanders:

 

And this was only for the final five years of his career.

 

Notable Stats:

Finished No. 1 twice before 1995. Also finished in the top 10 in 1995-1998, including a No. 1 overall finish in 1997 with 2,053 rushing yards, 305 receiving yards and 14 total scores.

 

Hmmmm . . . I would take those statistics out of a RB. Hard to beat Faulk during those years however as the #1 player in Fantasy.

[erikthebassist 41]

Regarding Barry Sanders:

 

And this was only for the final five years of his career.

 

Notable Stats:

Finished No. 1 twice before 1995. Also finished in the top 10 in 1995-1998, including a No. 1 overall finish in 1997 with 2,053 rushing yards, 305 receiving yards and 14 total scores.

 

Hmmmm . . . I would take those statistics out of a RB. Hard to beat Faulk during those years however as the #1 player in Fantasy.

Barry was a class act too, refused to break Walter Peyton's record while he was on his death bed so he retired instead. Also because the lions didn't want to pay him and he didn't want to play for anyone else. That kind of loyalty doesn't exist anymore.

[Cloaca du jour 2,126]

Fuad Reviz

[JackARoot 2]

My first year of fantasy, I had the first pick and Terrell Davis was consensus #1. Took him - torn ACL

[cbfalcon 825]

Barry Sanders didn't score TD and NEVER won anybody a championship. Please stop saying he was a great FF player. You look stupid when you do.

Barry Sanders TD totals: 14, 16, 17, 10, 3, 8, 12, 11,14, 4.

 

If you don't compare him to Emmitt, that's pretty prolific. 16th all time in TDs.

[posty 2,486]

Terance Mathis and Eric Metcalf...

[stonewall 647]

Ed McCaffery.